FreeBSD nfe driver for NVIDIA nForce network adapter

[O. Hartmann]

Mathieu Prevot wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:15:09AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
>> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:30:03AM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:57:55PM +0900, Shigeaki Tagashira wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mathieu Prevot wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The DG834Gv2 still doesn't see the device/MAC address.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tryed `kldunload if_nfe.ko` and the system freezed (RELENG_6
>>>>>>> amd64 SMP).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> The freeze bug of kldunload will be fixed at next version.
>>>>>> Do you know how does DG834Gv2 get MAC addresses? ARP?
>>>>>> If it is ARP, I think they cannot communicate each other.
>>>>>> Is the MAC address valid?
>>>>>> Because the chipset can configure its MAC address.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I changed the MAC address and gave the same address as sis's one
>>>>> (which
>>>>> should be valid (what is a valid MAC address?) because the sis device's
>>>>> MAC
>>>>> address is seen by the DG834Gv2) but it didn't change anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the reference manual, I found a reference to ARP as general
>>>>> protocol but it's not said explicitly that the DG834Gv2 use it:
>>>>> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/dg834g_ref_manual.pdf
>>>>> So I guess it's the protocol used.
>>>>>
>>>> How is the nve driver for FreeBSD?
>>>> Have you already tried this?
>>>>
>>> Yes, it simply doesn't detect the device.
>> Are MS-Windows installed on the machine?
>> If so, how is the driver on MS-Windows?
> 
> I installed recently NT5.0, and the network device is still not seen by the
> DG834Gv2.
> On recent RELENG_6, the if_nfe stopped to work, it worked fine with RELEASE_6_1
> and RELENG_6 few days later. I have link up and down alternates and watchdog
> timeouts...
> 
> Regards,
> Mathieu

I also see those alternating device UP and DOWN. My box is running 
FreeBSD 6.1-STABEL as cvsupdated 25th May last time, based on ASUS 
A8N32-SLI Deluxe.
I do not see those UP and DOWNs on a regulare basis, they seem to occur 
spradicaly. The box is UP (Athlon64 3500+ without SSE3), SCHED_ULE and 
PREEMPTION eneabled in the kernel config.

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